Maisie's POV:

Chi and I were walking towards the entrance of the paddock. I saw a man with a McLaren shirt and hid my face with my purse, physically flinching.

"What are you doing?" Chi asked in a loud whisper and I lowered my purse, seeing the man in front of us was just a crew member. "You're hiding from Lando." She noticed looking at the man and then at me.

"I am not." I lied, rolling my eyes.

"God, Maisie." She shook her head as she scanned her pass.

"What?" I played dumb, scanning my pass too.

We walked in and I heard clicking sounds, suddenly seeing cameras in front of me.

"Maisie!" I heard interviewers yell my name.

"Is it true you went out on a date with Lando?" An interviewer asked, shoving a microphone in my face.

I took a step back and looked around trying to find Chi, she must've gotten squeezed between all these people.

"Are you and Lando dating?" Another interviewer asked.

"Uh..." I looked around, getting overwhelmed by all the faces.

"What is going on here?" I heard another voice and turned around seeing a tall figure, a noticeable British accent giving away who it was. "I think we're done here, she needs to get to work in actual news, not gossip." George grabbed my wrist softly. "Excuse me."

He pushed through the crowd, turning his head to look at me to make sure I was with him. He held onto my wrist softly.

"Can you let us through?" He asked annoyed when some people wouldn't move. "Thank you." He forced a smile.

We went past the crowd and he kept walking, switching his grip to my hand. When we were away from cameras he stopped.

"Thank you." I closed my eyes letting out a relieved sigh.

"Don't even mention it." He smiled softly and rubbed my shoulder. "Are you okay?" He asked concerned.

"I am." I replied giving him a soft smile.

"It's nice to see you again, Mais." He spoke and I smiled looking down. "Aren't you happy to see me?" He questioned teasingly, leaning down.

"Maybe a little bit." I scrunched my nose and he chuckled.

"Next time I'm letting you get swarmed up by paparazzi." He joked and I rolled my eyes smiling and hit his arm. He chuckled.

"Maisie!" We heard another voice and I turned around seeing Chi. "There you are." She gave me a short hug and I chuckled. "And George." She looked at him and smiled raising her eyebrows.

"Hello Chi." George greeted her with a smile.

"Did I interrupt?" She asked pointing at us.

"Not at all, we were just having a nice chat as always." George looked at me with a smile and I smiled.

"You can continue your nice chat in a bit, she has to interview you in 20." Chi looked at her watch and then pointed at us.

"What a lovely surprise." George looked at me raising his eyebrows.

"It's a would you rather interview, don't get too excited." I told him and he chuckled.

I started walking and he followed me, walking behind me at first and then increasing his pace to catch up with me. Chi chuckled excited.

"Talking to you does it for me, darling." He spoke teasingly and I rolled my eyes with a smile.

"You're so British." I chuckled.

"Thanks."

"Wasn't a compliment." I joked and he laughed.

[...]

Lando's POV:

My phone started singing like crazy. I furrowed my brows.

"What's going on?" I asked looking at Oscar as he starred at his screen.

"Oh mate, I think you should read the group chat." He replied and I looked at him confused.

I put my coffee on the table and grabbed my phone, unlocking it.

The Boys 🗣️⚠️‼️

George
Congratulations Lando!
Maisie just got swarmed up by paparazzi asking her is she's dating you 😒

Max
WHAT?

Carlos
Is she okay?
Where is she?

George
She's with Chi and I
She's okay now

Max
Lando?
Where the hell are you?

Charles
He probably has his phone on silent mode again 🙄

Carlos
Why isn't he replying?!
Lando?

Oscar
He's in front of me
I just told him

Me
WHAT?!

Alex
Mate, you should talk to her
It's getting bad for her 🙁

Me
I will
Don't worry

Carlos
What are you going to tell her?
Don't screw it up mate

Me
Idk what I'm saying to her
I just know I need to say something

Charles
You got some crazy psycho fans mate

Me
Says you 😐

Charles
My fans are not psycho
They're passionate 🙄

Max
Charles stfu

Charles
You stfu

Carlos
Actually, everyone stfu
DO SOMETHING LANDO

Me
I WILL

"What are you going to say mate?" Oscar asked making me look up at him.

I sighed passing my hand through my hair.

"I don't know, aplogize?" I replied shrugging and pursed my lips, stressed.

[...]

Maisie's POV:

Chi and I were walking as we talked.

"Maisie!" I heard someone call me and furrowed my brows. I turned around and felt my heart drop to my stomach when I saw Lando. "Maisie!" He called me again, pushing through some people.

"Chi, is this real?" I asked as I slowed down.

"It is." Chi replied and I blinked slowly as the Brit got closer. "Good luck, call me if he does something and I'll chop off his balls." She told me and I nodded.

She walked away and I followed her with my eyes. I turned to the front and met a pair of blue eyes. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Hey, Maisie Findlay." He spoke, this time his tone lacking that teasing tone.

"Hey." I replied shortly.

I looked around, nervous that someone was watching or even recording. Lando looked around, noticing this.

"Do you want to go somewhere else more private?" He asked and I looked at him, nodding.

We walked towards the side of McLaren's motor home. The short walk there was silent, the tension could be cut with a knife. I crossed my arms in front of my chest as we stopped.

"So..." I spoke looking at him expectantly.

"I'm sorry." He apologized and I furrowed my brows.

"For what?" I asked confused.

"I heard what happened to you, it was never my intention to..."

"Lando."

"Make that happen. I know you..."

"Lando."

"Didn't want that to happen but I just kept pushing and now it's all my..."

"Lando!" I raised my voice and he stopped, finally going silent. "It's not your fault." I told him and he pursed his lips.

"It feels like it is." He spoke and I shook my head.

"I just...maybe it was too soon to go out." I told him, instantly regretting my words when I saw his expression change.

"Oh." He whispered.

"Let's go back to the way it was." I suggested.

"You mean me chasing you?" He asked raising his eyebrows, a smile appearing on his face.

"I'm not forcing you to chase me." I raised my eyebrows with a smile.

"You are when you smile at me like that." He spoke and I chuckled giving him a slight push.

"We can try friends." I spoke and he took a deep breath.

"Can we?" He asked looking up, crossing his muscular arms in front of his chest.

"I can." I replied and he smiled, sticking his tongue to the side of his mouth. I started walking away.

"Are you going to be my lucky charm this weekend Maisie Findlay?" He asked as I walked away and I turned to look at him.

"Only if that keeps me from going out with you." I joked and he chuckled looking down for a bit.

"I heard a yes." He shrugged proudly. "You're my lucky charm Maisie Findlay!" He yelled and I laughed, ignoring him and kept going my way.

[...]

I was sitting on a bench, I was checking my notes for the press conference, I had written down a few questions I wanted to ask.

"Mais." I heard a voice and looked up seeing Oscar.

"Oscar, hey." I dropped my notebook with a smile and he leaned down, giving me a hug with a smile on his face. "How are you?" I rubbed his back.

"Not great, still waiting for my F1 points." He replied sitting down besides me and I chuckled.

"I can sense them coming. You're the local hero." I gave him a little shove and he looked down with a smile, chuckling softly.

"I'm taking your word." He spoke and I smiled shrugging. "How are you?" He asked. "Heard you got swarmed up by the media." He added and I raised my eyebrows taking a deep breath.

"Yeah, it was so overwhelming." I replied and he pursed his lips.

"They're so intrusive. They suck." He spoke and I nodded. "Interviewers suck." He joked and I glared at him.

"Really?" I asked with a smile and he nodded. I poked his rib and he laughed when I tickled him.

"I'm joking. You don't suck." He spoke and I smiled nodding.

"I know."

"Do you have any question for me?" He leaned his head on my shoulder, trying to look at my notebook.

"Maybe." I moved the notebook aside and he tried reaching for it.

I chuckled turning my head to look at him. He looked up at me, his hair falling on his face.

"There's 1 or 2 about this being your first home Grand Prix being an F1 driver." I told him as I brushed his hair back, fixing it.

"2?" He raised his eyebrows excited.

"I said 1 or 2." I corrected him raising my eyebrows.

"I heard 2." He smiled, his eyes crinkling and I chuckled.

[...]

A.N.

Okay

Ship name ideas

Comment what team you are

George + Maisie - Georgsie or Russlay
Oscar + Maisie- Moscar or Piaslay

AND

LANDO+ MAISIE - LAISIE/MANDO OR FINRRIS/NORRISLAY/NORRSLAY

And also, I love doing this,

SONG OF THE CHAPTER ——->